Medicare Part D Drug Plan was created by Congress in 2003 to aid the elderly‚ disabled‚ and sick persons in affording their medication. Coverage for the drug plan went into affect January 1‚ 2006. This plan was called the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Cassel‚ 2005). The final bill that passed‚ was influenced by drug-company and health insurance lobbyists and focused mainly on the needs of those industries instead of the seniors it was meant to serve
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Introduction What Is Medicare Part D? The Medicare Part D program provides beneficiaries with assistance paying for prescription drugs. The drug benefit‚ added to Medicare by the Medicare Prescription Drug‚ Improvement‚ and Modernization Act of 2003‚ (MMA)‚ began in January 2006. Unlike coverage in Medicare Parts A and B‚ Part D coverage is not provided within the traditional Medicare program. Instead‚ beneficiaries must affirmatively enroll in one of many hundreds of Part D plans offered by private
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Medicare: Past‚ Present‚ and Future The History of Medical Insurance The idea for a national health plan was not something considered to be a priority of American government prior to the 1940’s. President Harry S. Truman was the first president to push the issue to the United States Congress in 1945. Truman called for the creation of a national health insurance plan that would be aviailable to all Americans. He envisioned coverage for hospital visits‚ dental care‚ nursing care‚ and doctor’s visits
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MEDICARE Prior to 1965‚ it was almost impossible for people 65 years and older to get a private health insurance. Medicare was enacted in 1965 to counter the growing health care costs and provide access to the elderly‚ making health care a universal right for all Americans 65 years and older. (Medicare & You‚ 2013) The rapid growth in the baby boomers population that began in 2011 caused a burden on the government by adding to the already high deficits. Medicare enrollment is expected to double
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student ‚ holes is the first english novel i have read . it left deep emotions on me ‚ Holes‚ by Louis Sachar is not only an enjoyable read but a read that will leave you aching for more. It makes you laugh. It makes you sad. It leaves you on the edge of your seat. It helps us understand a bit more about ourselves and about other people. It teaches us that who we truly are lies deep within us and that friendship can bring it out in you. The book is set in the not completely uninhabited part of a desert
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and Selection Stephanie Bennett HCS/455 December 28‚ 2012 Jonathan Bibb Medicare Medicare is a federal insurance program that was created to aid the elderly with their medical bills. The Medicare program was created 40 years ago. The original benefits under Medicare did not include drug coverage. Medicare has since added drug coverage to bridge the gap under the original available benefits. The Medicare program is facing serious financial challenges. The projected expense for medical
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DUNKIN’ DONUTS FOUNDED: In 1950‚ Bill Rosenberg opened the first Dunkin’ Donuts shop in Quincy‚ Massachusetts. Dunkin’ Donuts licensed the first of many franchises in 1955. Dunkin’ Donuts is the world’s leading baked goods and coffee chain‚ serving more than 3 million customers per day. Dunkin’ Donuts sells 52 varieties of donuts and more than a dozen coffee beverages as well as an array of bagels‚ breakfast sandwiches and other baked goods. A simple philosophy‚ "Make and serve the freshest‚ most
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English 1 per 1 22 July‚ 2011 Holes 1. A. Zero admitted that he stole Clyde Livingston’s shoes. Zero got his nickname because everyone thinks he has nothing inside his head. B. Madame Zeroni is an old‚ Egyptian woman who was friends with Stanley’s great- great grandfather. She’s the woman who cursed Stanley’s family. C. Eyla Yelnats is Stanley’s great-great grandfather who caused his whole family to be cursed. D. Stanley goes to Camp Green Lake because he supposedly stole
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Medicaid Policy Process Paper HCS/455 April 9th‚ 2012 By Heidi Fawcett HCS/455 John Littleton To start off this paper will discuss the process of a policy in Medicaid and how it becomes a policy. Medicaid Policies are always being reviewed and analyzed in order to help improve the American health care system. Each policy does and has the ability to affect us on a daily basis‚ so when policies are being put up for consideration
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Stanley begins a friendship with Zero. He teaches him how to read. Zero ran away from camp after being insulted by the camp leader and Mr. Sir. Stanley and Zero find a case‚ which is the lost treasure of Kate Barlow. Question 7 Setting -the book holes takes place in a juvenile detention center that is in a lake in Texas. Most of the story is in the end of the 1990’s. There are flashbacks of Green Lake‚ which existed hundreds of years earlier before the lake dried up. Question 10 Stanly is the
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